COURSE DESCRIPTION
J123 PHOTOJOURNALISM will engage the students on the essential skills, knowledge and attitude needed for professional photojournalism practice for various media platforms and emerging markets.
The course intends to cover the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography, photojournalism standard genres and categories, visual framing and effective composition and storytelling, news caption writing, ethics in the production and consumption of news images, history and the changing media landscape, workflows, and digital asset management.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this course, the student will have enhanced skill and knowledge of photography techniques and uncovered their own style as a building block for photojournalism and developed sound news judgment in adherence to high quality photojournalism standards. Through the readings, videos, lectures, discussions, and assignments they will be able to:
(a) Trace and explain the development of photojournalism as a profession and industry and the legal and ethical framework in which they operate.
(b) Produce single news pictures encompassing the photojournalism genres and categories and with attention to the technical and aesthetic aspects of visual storytelling.
(c) Gather information, write appropriate news captions for single news images and caption essays for photo stories; and,
(d) Produce a portfolio of compelling photographic story / photographic essay with captions
(e) Negotiate ethical minefields and strengthen their belief in the tenets of responsible photojournalism in both traditional, new media and emerging communication platforms.
- Teacher: JIMMY DOMINGO